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partition of India: Quick Facts

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Date 1947
Participants India • Pakistan

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Hundreds of Indian refugees crowd on top of and beside packed trains at a station during the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Ismay, Lord Mountbatten, and Ali Jinnah seated at a conference table during the partition talks in New Delhi.
Political map of India showing state and union territory boundaries, major cities, and neighboring countries. Thicker solid lines indicate international borders, dashed lines show disputed boundaries, and dotted lines mark lines of control in contested regions such as Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh. An inset locator map highlights India's position in the world.
Political map of Pakistan showing provincial boundaries, major cities, and surrounding countries including India, Afghanistan, Iran, China, and Tajikistan. The map highlights international boundaries, disputed borders, and lines of control, with a locator inset indicating Pakistan's position in Asia. Major regions such as Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Kashmir are labeled.
Political map of Bangladesh showing its national boundaries, major cities, and surrounding countries including India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Major Bangladeshi cities such as Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, and Rajshahi are labeled. An inset locator map in the bottom left highlights Bangladesh's position within South Asia.
Two Indian soldiers walk through rubble and debris of destroyed buildings in the Chowk Bijli Wala area of Amritsar during unrest after the Partition of India in August 1947.
A refugee family, including women and children, sits on the ground near bundles and suitcases in a camp in Pakistan after the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan.
Collage of raised-fist silhouettes over a halftone orange, yellow, and green background, featuring historic newspaper text and faint crowd imagery.
Two distressed people sit amid ruins; behind them is a partitioned, color-coded map of India overlaid on destroyed urban buildings.
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